Story should always take precedence over metaphor, which is why films like “The Thing With Feathers” are almost always doomed ...

and together they gather worms to feed the Babadook, which now lives in the basement. It is a happy ending, of sorts, but it also admits that Amelia will never really overcome her demons ...

When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he's been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control ...

"The Babadook" is one of them, playing on tropes from horror mainstays like "Poltergeist" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" to paint a terrifying portrait of the ugly side of motherhood and how grief ...